5 hryvnias

2017

Catherine's Church in Chernigov

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General

2017
18.09.2017
40 000

Coin type

16.54 гр.
35 мм

Description

Obverse
On the obverse, coins are placed: at the top is the small State Emblem of Ukraine, under which is the inscription UKRAINE; in the center against the backdrop of the mirror cruciform plan of the Catherine’s Church - the coat of arms of Lizogub; the year of coinage 2017 (right) below the inscription - 5 / UAH, on the left on the mirror background - the logo of the Mint of the National Bank of Ukraine.V.
Reverse
The reverse of the coin depicts one of Chernigov’s visiting cards - the Catherine’s Church (a bird’s-eye view), which greets the guests of the city, and it’s placed: ).
Edge
fluted
Description
Dedicated to the church, which is the embodiment of the best traditions of the national sacral architecture. The temple was built in the style of the Ukrainian Baroque in memory of the heroism of the Cossacks of the Chernigov regiment, which they discovered during the assault on the Turkish fortress of Azov in 1696 under the command of Colonel Yakov Lizogub. The church was built at the expense of the Cossack brothers Jacob and Semyon Lizogubiv, consecrated in 1715.